Which of these does NOT have a missing or misplaced comma?
Answer B
I know you didn't fall for that old eating Grandma for dinner one, did you? Don't let commas make you nervous! You're probably using them right most of the time. The old rule of thumb is to insert a comma where you would naturally pause when speaking, such as when reciting a list of items or when inserting an "interrupting" word into a statement (e.g., "I am, in fact, the cat's meow"). Even if you can't articulate the reason, you probably also know that the comma in the sentence about Sally's father doesn't belong there. This error, called a comma splice, is when someone tries to join two complete sentences with a comma (e.g., "Sally's father sat down" and "he ate his lunch"). Luckily, there are numerous alternatives that do work, including adding a coordinating conjunction such as "and" after the comma or else just splitting the sentence up by replacing the comma with a period or a semi-colon. Then there are also those obscure comma rules that aren't instinctive whatsoever. One is that a comma needs to follow a person's honorifics (e.g. "Doogie Howser, M.D., was . . .") Similarly, a comma should follow any date or location that contains a comma itself (e.g. "Jackson, WY, is a great ski town").
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